Category Archives: Mind

Mind and the Mental being. Some answers by the Mother.

Sweet Mother, what is meant by “the substance of the mental being”? My child, the substance means… how shall I put it?… it means the stuff of which the mental being is made. It could be said, for instance, that … Continue reading →

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The Mind. Kena Upanishad – Commentary by Sri Aurobindo

If the Upanishads were no more than philosophical speculations, it would be enough in commenting upon them to state the general thought of a passage and develop its implications in modern language and its bearing upon the ideas we now … Continue reading →

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On Thought, Self-observation, Reflection

A dispassionate study of oneself is an indispensable step towards self-knowledge. Know thyself the ancients enjoined. Yoga is essentially a psychological practice. We reproduce below a talk by the Mother on the subject of Thought and self-observation. “Since we want … Continue reading →

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